KIEV, June 20 – When the law on customs tariffs comes into force, Ukraine will stop meeting its commitments to the World Trade Organization and WTO member states will impose sanctions on it, Oleksandr Shlapak, first deputy head of the presidential secretariat warned.

LISBON, June 23 - President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday that he believes Kiev is on target to achieve the first stage towards North Atlantic Treaty Organization membership in December.

KIEV, June 20 ??“ Doctors will give a high dose of dioxin to mice to see when will the poisoning trigger first symptoms as part of an investigation into the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, his doctor said Monday.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ Ihor Pluzhnikov, a lawmaker who is thought to own 79% of Inter, Ukraine??™s most popular television channel, died on Wednesday in a German hospital, lawmakers said.

PARIS, June 22 ??“ Ukraine and France will hold a high-profile energy conference in September to spearhead cooperation between the two in natural gas, oil and nuclear power sectors, President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ The Ukrainian government will shortly hold an emergency meeting to look into natural gas import settlements. The emergency resulted after Turkmenistan had accused a Ukrainian company of running a $600 million debt.

FRANKFURT, June 23 - Despite being hit by a severe liquidity shock prompted by the political crisis in November and December 2004, the Ukrainian banking market has recovered quickly, Standard & Poor's Rating Services said in a commentary entitled "Stability of Ukrainian Banking System Restored, But Risks Linger."

KYIV, May 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has halved the monthly limit for withdrawing cash abroad from hryvnia accounts opened in Ukrainian banks to UAH 50,000 from UAH 100,000 the day before, the regulator's press service reported on Friday.

KYIV, May 20 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in Kyiv with Mark Daly, Chair of the Upper House of the Irish Parliament, and Sean O Fearghaíl, Chair of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament, at which he discussed the development of decisions on the confiscation of Russian assets for their further transfer to Ukraine.

KYIV, May 23 – Polish President Andrzej Duda has called for granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership in June this year.

A big call to the entire EU, EU leaders. Today, Ukraine needs our signal to open European doors for Ukraine as a state, for the Ukrainian society that wants to be part of the European community.